214 SCINCID^. 



h. Five or more supraoculars. 

 a. A single anterior loreal. 



* 28 to 30 scales round the body ; three or four pairs 



of nuchals. 



The adpressed limbs fail to meet ; ear- 



opeuing nearly as large as the eye- 



opei)ing 18. fasciatum, p. 237. 



The adpressed limbs slightly overlap ; 



ear-opening considerably smaller than 



the eye-opening 19. undulatum, p. 238. 



** 38 to 50 scales round the body ; no nuchals. 



38 to 40 scales round the body ; rostral 



flat or concave above ; the hind limb 



does not reach, beyond the axilla .... 25. maculatum, p. 242. 

 40 scales round the body ; rostral flat or 



concave above ; the hind limb reaches 



the shoulder or beyond 26. dussumien, p. 243. 



44 to 50 scales round the body ; rostral 



convex above, forming a curved suture 



■with the frontonasal 27. melanopogon, p. 244. 



/3. Two superposed shields behind the nasal. 



* Dorsal scales keeled. 



50 scales round the body 28. nigrUabre, p. 245. 



40 scales round the body 29. simum, p. 245. 



** Dorsal scales smooth. 



Six or seven supraoculars, first three in 



contact with the frontal 30. varier/atum, p. 246. 



Five supraoculars 31. johiense, p. 247. 



2. Frontoparietal single. 



Six supraoculars 32. acutum, p. 248. 



II. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Ear-opening very large, without auricular lobules. Supra- 

 nasals present. Frontal not broader than the supraocular 

 region. Frontoparietals distinct. A pair of enlarged prae- 

 anals. (Otosaurus, Gray.) 



Eight supraoculars ; 46 to 50 scales round 



tlio body 33. cumingti, p. 249. 



tJI Limbs well developed, pentadactj'le, overlapping when pressed 

 against the body ; thc^ digits strongly compressed distally. 

 Lower eyelid scaly. Ear-opening small. Frontal not l)roader 

 than the supraocular region. Frontoparietals distinct. Pra)- 

 anals not enlarged. (Keneuxia, Gray.) 



